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City Offices Will Close to Observe Martin Luther King Holiday

January 11, 2021

City of Gastonia administrative offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of the Martin Luther King holiday. Monday’s garbage collection will be delayed until Tuesday, Jan. 19. Monday and Tuesday customers will not […]

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City Services

Gastonia’s Recycling Cart Roundup Gets Underway

October 23, 2020

The City of Gastonia has begun a four-week process to collect all gray 96-gallon recycling carts. Last month, the City Council voted to end curbside collection of recyclables. Residents are asked to: Put their empty […]

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Charlotte region’s trash piling up during pandemic | WFAE-FM

October 7, 2020
Gastonia City Councilman Robert Kellogg
Features

City Councilman Kellogg: A New Beginning. Not the End of Recycling!

September 18, 2020

City Councilman Robert J. Kellogg wrote this opinion article, which was originally printed in the Gaston Gazette on Sept. 18, 2020. Kellogg represents Ward 1 on the Gastonia City Council. This was certainly a hard […]

City logo with three roll-out carts, one marked for recyclables
City Services

Curbside Recycling Ends in Gastonia October 26

September 16, 2020

Curbside recycling ends for City of Gastonia customers on October 26 because it is no longer cost-effective to provide the service due to the extreme levels of contamination entering the City’s recycling stream. Customers can […]

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City Services

Record Amounts Expected During Gastonia’s Free Excess Trash Week That Starts Sept. 21

September 1, 2020

The City of Gastonia is bracing for a record amount of trash being placed at the curb the week of Sept. 21. This will be the sixteenth time that the City has offered Free Excess […]

Employees picking up piles of trash from along a curb
Features

Gastonia’s March Excess Household Trash Week Sets Record

March 31, 2020

Gastonia residents set another record for the amount of household trash put at the curb during the City’s recent Free Excess Household Trash Week. The City’s Solid Waste Division collected 475 tons of trash March […]

City Services

City of Gastonia Cancels or Postpones Events in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak

March 13, 2020

This page updated Sept. 10, 2020. In response to guidelines for social events set by Gaston County officials related to the COVID-19 outbreak, the City of Gastonia has canceled or postponed all City-sponsored events and […]

Furniture and other trash piled at the curb
Features

Free Excess Household Trash Week in Gastonia is March 16-20

February 24, 2020

Just in time for spring cleaning, the City of Gastonia will haul away many types of large or bulky household trash for one week without fees. The popular Free Excess Household Trash Week is March […]

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‘I count my blessings;’ man retires from City of Gastonia after 30 years | WSOC-TV

December 10, 2019

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